Rain Spencer, Lola Tung, Gavin Casalegno and Christopher Briney in 'The Summer I Turned Pretty' season 3. Prime Video Share on Facebook Share on X Google Preferred Share to Flipboard Show additional share options Share on LinkedIn Share on Pinterest Share on Reddit Share on Tumblr Share on Whats App Send an Email Print the Article Post a Comment Logo text Even after The Summer I Turned Pretty series finale aired, creator and showrunner Jenny Han still wanted to have fun with the show's eagle-eyed fans. Never a stranger to offering Easter eggs throughout, Han decided to surprise fans even weeks after the finale. The original poster showed Gavin Casalengo's Jeremiah kissing Lola Tung's Belly on the cheek as Chris Briney's Conrad looked on. But the updated poster now features Conrad and Jeremiah switching places, highlighting Conrad as the endgame and paying homage to the Sabrina movie poster. Related Stories TV "It's Like a Mafia Movie": 'THR Presents' Q&A With 'The Summer I Turned Pretty' Creator Jenny Han TV Streaming Ratings: Tyler Perry's 'Beauty in Black' Moves Into Top Spot Referencing classic films in the show has become a norm for Han, who wrote a love story while keeping in mind the other great love stories that have come before. "You get to kind of stand on their shoulders a bit and borrow from that, just that cultural resonance," Han tells The Hollywood Reporter. "I've always approached Summer I Turned Pretty as a show that I want to feel like a memory in some ways. You're remembering your own first times and first loves and heartbreaks, and so I think just naturally in that comes references to other love stories." The classic references made throughout the show include Sabrina, Casablanca, It's a Wonderful Life, Romeo and Juliet, the 1995 rom-com Before Sunrise and the 1938 Pulitzer Prize-winning play by Thornton Wilder, Our Town. Though it's not necessary for fans to have watched the films, Han said it's a "bonus for people who have" and "fun to be able to give that introduction to people who may not have it." "When I was first pitching the show, it was really hard for me to ironically think of good comps. Because I think there's film comps, but less so [shows] on TV of what I was looking to capture. To me, it was more about just a feeling that the show gave you, which was something that felt really familiar and cozy and like a memory." In a conversation with THR, Han talks about her initial plans of the series poster swap, the fan reactions from the finale, the upcoming TSITP film and paying homage to iconic music and films in the YA show. *** Now that it has been some time since the show finale aired and as someone who I imagine is very in tune with the fandom and perhaps the online conversations, what did you make of the reaction to it all? I was very moved by it. It made me happy to see people happy. I felt really glad when I saw people's reactions to the finale and how emotional they were about it. [It] was mostly just such an honor to see people gathering together to watch it and really having that communal experience. I think that was maybe one of the most special parts just of the whole season. Something that seemed to get attention was weeks after the finale aired, there was a poster switch with Conrad and Jeremiah switching places next to Belly. Instead of Jeremiah, it's now Conrad giving Belly a kiss on the cheek while Jere looks on. Can you talk about that poster switch? That was always my idea to do the switch. Fans know that in the classic movie Sabrina, David is the one kissing Sabrina but he's not the person that she ends up with. So I thought it just added a little bit of intrigue and fun to see the switch. But also, it was just one of the big things was trying to figure out where [and] when to do that moment. We ended up doing it much later, but I had toyed with the idea of doing it sooner than that. Oh I'm sure that would've proved to be a mind game had you released it sooner, making people wonder who Belly ends up. (Laughs.) You got to have fun. It was just a beautiful photograph and we had shot it both ways. Though the show finale aired, it's not a goodbye just yet given the movie was announced. And given the fans had the books as a reference for the show, the film seems to offer perhaps more freedom to explore things you didn't in the books. I know you don't like to give spoilers but what are you looking forward to really diving into in the film that perhaps you didn't get to in the books? What's unfinished in your eyes? I just see the movie as an opportunity to really just have fun and spend more time with these characters. It's a very complete kind of story. It's not one that I would spend 10 episodes on so I think [it's to] give it more as a gift to the fans. But a gift to myself as well because it's been a very joyful experience writing it. Fans are obviously eager to know what's next. How are you approaching continuing the story in the next film? Does the audience respo